Merchant families that ruled Italian city-states established: B. their own armies.
In the Renaissance epoch, Italy was formed by many city-states with powerful people as the rulers. They were in conflict with each other quite often. That is why these cities had their own armies to protect their merchant, their political interests and their cultural influence in the region.
<span>The benefit that the constitution gives as it hands it power to the state government is letter a, where it reads that it allows state residents to make decisions on local issues because as they hand over the power, they are able to give them the choice of making use of the power in resolving issues that is happening in their current state.</span>
The answer is B, because the seventh man found peace when he returned to his hometown.